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Romance is the biggest genre. I read somewhere that older, married women make up most of the readership. Yet, most romances I read feature young, single women lusting after hunky, moody billionaires who are barely 30.
I'm wondering...
Wouldn't these women prefer to read about characters whose lives resonate with their own? How do you think a novel would fare that features a thirty- or forty-something woman who works hard all day, takes care of her kids, has an emotionally unavailable husband, and who meets a slightly younger, passionate artist/musician/writer who finds her to be an exquisite, irresistible muse?
Isn't that more of a mature and enduring female fantasy -- and one that often eludes older, married women?
Would it be a non-starter because of the adultery?
I'm wondering...
Wouldn't these women prefer to read about characters whose lives resonate with their own? How do you think a novel would fare that features a thirty- or forty-something woman who works hard all day, takes care of her kids, has an emotionally unavailable husband, and who meets a slightly younger, passionate artist/musician/writer who finds her to be an exquisite, irresistible muse?
Isn't that more of a mature and enduring female fantasy -- and one that often eludes older, married women?
Would it be a non-starter because of the adultery?